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Visitor Management Comparison

Envoy vs. Kahrbon

At a glance

At a glance

Envoy

Best for

Best for companies that want visitor check-in as the first module of a wider workplace platform across several offices.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Kahrbon

Best for

Best for companies on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace that want a browser-based visitor kiosk and host alerts in Teams.

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Envoy Kahrbon
Starting price Free; Premium $362 / location / month Premium is billed annually. The free Basic plan covers 1 location, 100 entries a month and up to 50 employees in the directory. Enterprise is priced on request. Not stated
Free trial Free Basic plan for one location; a free trial is offered from the product page 15-day free trial, no credit card required
API Yes, APIs and webhooks, including synchronous webhooks that approve or deny a visitor's entry Not stated
Made in San Francisco, United States United States
Check-in methods (kiosk, QR, mobile) iPad kiosk, QR code, facial recognition and a virtual front desk; registered visitors sign in by QR code A lobby kiosk in a tablet browser, or check-in on the visitor's phone with a one-time QR code; one-tap check-out from the visitor's email
Host notifications Hosts are notified when their visitors arrive, through the Envoy mobile app or native channels; included in every plan Email and in-app alert to the host on arrival, plus Microsoft Teams arrival cards per location
Visitor agreements and NDA signing Visitors sign legal documents such as NDAs digitally, also before they arrive; on Premium and Enterprise Visitors sign a visitor agreement at check-in
Watchlist and security screening ID scanning and checks against internal blocklists and third-party watchlists; blocklist scanning and ID scanning (500 scans a year included) are on Enterprise A watchlist matched by email address at check-in
Badge printing Name badges with photo, timestamp, host name and company logo; on Premium and Enterprise Not stated
Visit history and reporting A log of past, current and expected visitors on every plan; visitor analytics and auto-scheduled email reports on Premium, customizable analytics on Enterprise Visit history with CSV export, plus an audit log
Integrations and API APIs and webhooks to sync visitor and sign-in data and provision Wi-Fi or building access on sign-in, plus more than 100 integrations Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace with directory sync, and Microsoft Teams
AI features No stated Yes
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Not stated
Integrations Okta, Brivo, LenelS2 Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Free trial Envoy Free Basic plan for one location; a free trial is offered from the product page Kahrbon 15-day free trial, no credit card required
  • Made in Envoy San Francisco, United States Kahrbon United States
  • AI features Envoy No Kahrbon Yes
  • Check-in methods (kiosk, QR, mobile) Envoy iPad kiosk, QR code, facial recognition and a virtual front desk; registered visitors sign in by QR code Kahrbon A lobby kiosk in a tablet browser, or check-in on the visitor's phone with a one-time QR code; one-tap check-out from the visitor's email
  • Host notifications Envoy Hosts are notified when their visitors arrive, through the Envoy mobile app or native channels; included in every plan Kahrbon Email and in-app alert to the host on arrival, plus Microsoft Teams arrival cards per location

Every line is one datapoint from the table above, picked automatically. Nothing here is written text.

The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Envoy

Strengths

  • Free Basic plan for one location, with host notifications
  • Check-in by iPad kiosk, QR code, facial recognition or virtual front desk
  • Badges print with photo, timestamp, host name and company logo
  • Synchronous webhooks can approve or deny a visitor's entry in real time

Limitations

  • Basic is limited to 100 entries a month and 50 employees in the directory
  • Blocklist and ID scanning are Enterprise features, priced on request
  • Premium is billed annually, per location

Kahrbon

Strengths

  • Check-in on the visitor's own phone with a one-time QR code, besides the tablet kiosk
  • Host alerts by email, in the app and as Microsoft Teams cards per location
  • Sign-in with passkeys or emailed codes
  • 15-day trial without a credit card

Limitations

  • No published prices; pricing goes through sales
  • The watchlist matches visitors by email address
  • What happens to the data after cancelling is not stated on the vendor's pages

Plans

Pricing

Envoy

  • Basic Free 1 location, 100 entries a month, up to 50 employees in the directory, host notifications.
  • Premium $362 Per location per month, billed annually. Adds branding, virtual front desk, badge printing, visitor photos, analytics, SSO and legal documents.
  • Enterprise Custom pricing Adds blocklist scanning, ID scanning, access control and guest Wi-Fi integrations.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Envoy

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
Not rated yet
Onboarding
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Support and service
Not rated yet
Value for money
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Features
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No reviews yet. Nothing has been published here yet, and no score is shown. How a review is checked before it appears is described below.

Kahrbon

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
Not rated yet
Onboarding
Not rated yet
Support and service
Not rated yet
Value for money
Not rated yet
Features
Not rated yet

No reviews yet. Nothing has been published here yet, and no score is shown. How a review is checked before it appears is described below.

How we check reviews

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Every review is read by a person before it appears. An email address is required and is confirmed: we send a link to it, and a review does not reach us until the author opens that link, so a review has a sender who was reachable at least once rather than being anonymous. Where what somebody writes needs backing, we ask them for evidence that they used the product, and a review that does not get it is not published. We publish positive and negative reviews alike, we pay nothing and offer nothing for a review, and we accept none that was bought or incentivised.

What we cannot do is verify a purchase. There is no shop here and no account, so whether the author really used the tool rests on their own declaration, on whatever we ask them for, and on the plausibility of what they write. We say so rather than implying a check that does not exist.

A vendor cannot buy a review, and cannot have one removed or changed because they dislike it. We remove or edit a review only if it breaks our rules or the law, for example a false statement of fact. Paid placement has no effect on which reviews appear or on any score.

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Envoy https://envoy.com/products/visitors · checked against the official source on 2026-11-11

Kahrbon https://kahrbon.com/ · checked against the official source on 2026-11-11

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.